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Copyright © 2005 The University of Alabama Press Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487-0380 All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America Typeface: ACaslon ∞ The paper on which this book is printed meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Science—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984. ISBN 978-0-8173-5604-0 (pbk. : alk. paper) ISBN 978-0-8173-8302-2 (electronic) A previous edition of this book has been catalogued by the Library of Congress. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Starnes, Richard D., 1970– Creating the land of the sky : tourism and society in western North Carolina / Richard D. Starnes. p. cm. — (The modern South) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8173-1462-8 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. Tourism—North Carolina—History. 2. Tourism—Social aspects—North Carolina— History. 3. Mountain life—North Carolina—History. 4. North Carolina—Social life and customs. 5. North Carolina—Social conditions. 6. North Carolina—Economic conditions. I. Title. II. Series. G155.U6S66 2005 338.4´791756—dc22 2004029036 For Barbara, Emily, and Nathan Contents List of Illustrations ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction 1 1. Sanitariums, Railroads, and the New South 9 2. Building Image and Infrastructure: Tourism, Development, and Regional Identity, 1875–1930 35 3. Metropolis of the Land of the Sky: Tourism and Urban Development in Asheville, North Carolina, 1880–1931 64 4. “The Fellowship of Kindred Minds Is like to That Above”: Religious Tourism in God’s Country 92 5. National Parks, Ski Resorts, and Second Homes: Mountain Tourism Development after 1930 117 6. Life, Labor, and Culture in the Land of the Sky 148 Epilogue 184 Notes 193 Bibliographic Essay 225 Index 233 Illustrations Figures 1. Map of western North Carolina 3 2. Hot Springs Hotel 11 3. White Sulphur Springs Hotel 20 4. Battery Park Hotel 30 5. Swannanoa 45 6. Round Knob Hotel 46 7. “Resting” 46 8. “The Old Field Cabin” 46 9. “Stripes but No Stars” 47 10. Construction at the Grove Park Inn, 1913 51 11. Cross overlooking Lake Junaluska 109 12. Mountaineer Inn, Asheville, North Carolina 149 13. Biltmore weavers produce cloth for the tourist market 154 14. A Biltmore weaver demonstrates his craft to visitors 155 15. White mountaineer musicians and Cherokee “chiefs” 169 Tables 1. Asheville City Population, 1870–1930 66 2. Charges for Selected Crimes in the City of Asheville, 1916 78 ...

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